Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 411
Muhammad sa The Perfect Man 411 As stated in the Holy Qur’ a n, the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa advised his wives, "O wives of the Prophet! You are not like other women if you are righteous. So be not soft in speech, lest he in whose heart is a disease, should feel tempted; and speak a decent speech. And stay in your houses with dignity, and do not show off yourselves like the showing off of the former days of ignorance, and observe Prayer, and pay the Zak a t, and obey All a h and His Messenger. Surely All a h desires to remove from you all impurities, O members of the Household, and purify your selves completely. And remember what is rehearsed in your houses of the Signs of All a h and of wisdom. Verily All a h is the Knower of subtleties, All-Aware. " (33:33-35) Training of his household The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa set forth the beautiful example of regular and constant observance of Tahajjud Prayer. He used to wake his wives up for offering the Naw a fil. Once in a compassionate appeal to them he said, "Holy is All a h, the news of great many trials has been revealed to me tonight and a large number of treasures promised, wake up these sleeping ladies and tell them there are a great number of women who apparently look well dressed but on the Day of Judgement, they would be bereft of true garments" (garment of Taqw a ). 1 Hadrat ‘Al i ra relates, "Once the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa came to our house at